<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just randomly tried the paint stripper test on five of 15 Lucas L594 red lens I have in the bin. No change, no red residue on the rag,
<div>It did remove some blue paint overspray that was on the outside of one lens!
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Michael,</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">All four L594 lens on my car had similar markings. They are all glass, front two are clear back two painted red.</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Inner Ring – LUCAS L594 MADE IN ENGLAND</div>
<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Outer Ring – ICM 3137 LAX</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Inner Ring – LUCAS L594 ENGLAND</div>
<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Outer Ring – ICM 3137 LAX</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">The script is very slightly different. For some history of my car. It was in storage from the mid 1970’s until I stated to restore it about 4 years ago. Having taken the car completely apart I could tell there was never damage to the rear of the car.</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">We need someone who wants to sacrifice a red lens to try paint stripper. Another theory is the factory was short on red glass lens and had some clear glass lens painted to cover the shortage.</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">I wouldn’t have known the lens were painted if the paint wasn’t coming off one of the lens.</div>
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<div style="border:none;padding:0in;" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">Michael Salter</a><br clear="none"><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, February 27, 2022 9:25 AM<br clear="none"><b>To: </b><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">Harold Manifold</a><br clear="none"><b>Cc: </b><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">This is very odd. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Like Mark and Perry I have never encountered red beehive lenses with paint on them.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">I would have thought that if they were to be painted by Lucas, of which I'm very doubtful, the paint would have been on the inside.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Can you confirm that the painted lenses have the word LUCAS cast on them and L594?</span></div>
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<div class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 11:54 AM Harold Manifold via Healeys <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Update on restoring Lucas beehive lens. The original lens on my 1960 BT7 were painted glass and the paint had peeled noticeably on one of the lens. I used a common paint stripper I had on hand to remove all of the original red paint. I first tried to recoat with paint for stained glass from a hobby store. It did not work well and was a poor colour match. For the second attempt I used VHT Nite-Shades which is lens paint. Who would have thought! It worked very well. Picture attached.</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">My total cost is about $30 which may be more than new but I was able to use original parts.</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">i erbs via Healeys</a><br clear="none"><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, February 5, 2022 7:09 PM<br clear="none"><b>To: </b><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com">Perry Small</a><br clear="none"><b>Cc: </b><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<br clear="none">1959 AH 100-6<br clear="none">1967 MGB<br clear="none">Milwaukie, OR</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 3:12 PM Perry Small via Healeys <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">After seeing Marks response I reread your email. The Lucas red lens were made of red glass not coated. True, the red color varies. </div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Your comment about the colour ‘peeling off’ puzzles me.</span></div>
<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">I agree that the red beehive lens does come in a small variety of shades – some quite dark – but mine are all red glass right through. <b>No red coating</b>.</span></div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Harold Manifold <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">manifold@telus.net</a>> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Ken Fleming via Healeys <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">I have 4 red original glass Lucas L594 Red Beehive tail light lens. Unfortunately no two match. The colour is either different, <span style="color:black;background:yellow;">faded or starting to peel off.</span></div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">I know you can buy new but these are original and I would like to reuse them. Any tips or suggestions are appreciated. What type of coating is recommended.</div>
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<div style="" class="yiv4599434342MsoNormal">Thanks….. Harold</div>
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